Liability of UnBonded,Uninsured workers

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BruceC3 (Ohio)
Posts: 17

Posted:

Just a question/opinion.
If you were an owner and you seen a resident (non-owner) who would tell everyone about his bad health issues, had a criminal record, was banned by the association attorney from doing work for the place due to threats, intimidation of other owners, hired workers and board members - being allowed to do work, okay'd ONLY by the President, who lied that after the first time he wouldn't use them again and said he forgot of the two years of legal issues with the guy, then the rest of the board says they are unaware until after the work was done but still will not do anything? What options do you think one can take?

GlenL (Ohio)
Posts: 5,491

Posted:

The same one's you were given in your other post on this subject. Replace the Board with owners willing to follow the CC&R's and the attorneys advice or live with it. Or you could sell and move if that is an option for you. Depending on the work that was done; you could possibly get the building inspector to investigate but more than likely the worst that would happen is that the HOA would be fined and possibly have to pay someone else to do redo the work if it didn't meet code.

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BruceC3 (Ohio)
Posts: 17

Posted:

Wow people in this site, the replies are always unless your unwilling or unless you help or move. That's not advice at all, that's a given. People come here to find out how to resolve things when they can't get anywhere. And not everyone has money for an attorney because boards usually have high priced attorneys that run all the units fees up.

I did help but realized I was helping a LYING and decietful President that hid things and is still hiding things. Was advised by my own friend who is an attorney to get off the board because it is a liability nightmare waiting to happen.

He also said the association owners can turn the tables on the board if they would win that they board members will have to pay out of their own pocket for the attorney because they are knowingly negligent and fixing the books, so that is kind of sounding like a really good thing to do to them all.

GlenL (Ohio)
Posts: 5,491

Posted:

Bruce, if you and your fellow homeowners are unwilling to take the time to fix YOUR COA then just who do you expect to do it????? And if you are unwilling to fix it then your only options I can see are to whine about it, live with it or move. I'm not picking on you but at the end of the day those are your options. Just as the Board cannot whine over things the president does; if they allow her to do them. While it would take a membership vote to remove her from the Board a majority of Board members could remove her from the position of president.

Board members are human like everyone else and they all have different reasons for serving; some altruistic, some for a semblance of power in an otherwise powerless life, some for the "prestige" and some for nefarious reasons. But at the end of the day it all comes down to what you and the other homeowners are willing to put up with in order to avoid getting your hands dirty. In addition to your own CC&R's, I suggest you print out and learn the Condo Statutes 5311. The changes made in 2004 actually give homeowners some teeth to use against errant Boards.

http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/5311

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